Labs Events

Hangouts

Sign up: Leave a comment on the relevant hangout topic (optional but recommended)

We run regular online “hangouts” where we get together to discuss
things we’ve been building. These events happen on the third Thursday
of every month and are organized via the
forum. Anyone can
come along and contribute.

Hangouts are an opportunity for folks to learn more about open source
tech work done at Open Knowledge International as
well as to present and discuss projects and ideas from the
community. We will also discuss any general Labs administrative
issues such as
improvements to website, upcoming events, etc. If you’d like to
present something, please edit the relevant
hangout topic and add it
to the agenda (slots are max 5m).

Open Data Maker Events

We also run in-person Open Data Maker Events. These are informal
events focused on “making” with open data – whether that’s creating
apps or insights. They aren’t a general meetup – if you come, expect
to get pulled into actually building something, though we won’t force
you!

The events usually have short introductory talks about specific
projects and suggestions for things to work on. It’s also absolutely
fine to turn up knowing nothing about data, coding or openness –
people will be happy to share their knowledge and there’ll always be
an activity for you to help with and someone to guide you in
contributing!

Organize Your Own

We encourage community members to start their own - all you need is
enthusiasm! Here’s a simple recipe (though feel free to run things
differently). It consists of 3 steps:

Boot the Event [5-15m]

Prep for the event including sending out announcements and inviting people [Up to you!]

Run

1. Boot the Event

1.1 Create Event Page

Create an event page with signup.

We recommend using attending.io - but you can use
whatever you like - key thing is to make it very easy for people to sign up